What do you use the OLED screen on your node for?

[thatSFguy]

Many nodes include an OLED screen, such as the Heltec, TLORA,. techo, tbeam, etc.
2 Questions:

• What do you use the screen for?
• What would you like to see on the screen,that it doesn't show today?

[kiam001]

i would like to be able to see my heltec stick v3 display which is not yet supported

[thatSFguy]

Hey @kiam001, if it did work, what would use the display for? (besides getting the Bluetooth pairing code, to sync with your phone)

[kiam001]

Hi i use the https://heltec.org/project/wireless-stick-v3/ this have a Onboard 0.49-inch 64*32 dot matrix OLED display, if i use the WiFi LoRa 32(V3) Firmware display turn on but only with the 64*32 dot matrix so the most is missing, its recommend than to install the "wireless-stick-lite-v3" firmware so display dont turn on and the pin is default fixed on 123456 thats i edit, to own after setup.

if i use the WiFi LoRa 32(V3) Firmware need setup via web serial and change to fix pin and only whan i use the option Flip Screen on one site i see the battary state but this is usless for me.

[thatSFguy]

@kiam001 sounds like you need a separate thread, probably an "issue", to troubleshoot this. In this tread I'm trying to discuss if anyone is using the screens, besides for getting the pin. This discussion area is a replacement for discourse. Good luck with getting your issue resolved!

[madeofstown]

At first I thought they would be useful for a quick glance at messages or battery status but I can just use the app for that. I have stopped considering nodes with screens as I feel they don't serve much purpose other than to drain battery.

[thatSFguy]

I agree. The screen has lost value for the folks that understand how to ensure that their phone is connected via Bluetooth to their node.